Neil Patrick Harris told Kelly Ripa (photos) and Michael Strahan this morning that he had to wear two underwears for his 'Birdman' bit at the Oscars Sunday night.

Harris appeared on stage wearing nothing but socks and underwear briefs for the skit, in a moment that garnered him more praise than his hosting.

It was a call back to a moment from 'Birdman' in which Michael Keaton's character is forced to walk onto a theatre stage wearing nothing but his underwear after he's locked out from a back door.

Harris revealed that while he didn't stuff his underpants -- much to Strahan's disbelief -- he was made to wear two pairs after producers discovered wearing just one was too see-through under the bright lights.